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          “What are you saying, Kian?”

          He leaned in and kissed me. A kiss that filled me not with joy but with terrible pain – a pain worse than any Freeze. The pain of knowing that this was his way of saying goodbye.

          “I need some time, Breena.”

          “How much time?”

          “I don't know.” He smiled sadly. “I am immortal, after all. Perhaps forever.”

          “But I love you. And you love me.”

          “Is it enough?” Kian looked at me. “Is it really enough?”

          “It is for me!”

          Kian shook his head. “But it isn't for me, Breena. I love you – but I cannot marry you. You know why.”

          Everything went blurry; everything went black. I couldn't see, couldn't hear, couldn't think. My mind had imploded with the force of his words. And before I knew it I was running – running as fast as I could – down the stairs, through the gate, out of the castle...

          As far as I could from the man I loved.

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The Fairies of Feyland continues with Logan, Shasta, Rodney, Rose, Kian, and Breena in

Book 8 of Kailin Gow’s Frost Series™

Enchanted Frost

Fall 2012

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DESIRE

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A Dystopian world where everyone’s future is planned out for them at age 18…whether it is what a person desires or not. Kama is about to turn 18 and she thinks her Life’s Plan will turn out like her boyfriend’s and friend’s – as they desired. But when she glimpse a young man who can communicate with her with his thoughts and knows her name…a young man with burning blue eyes and raven hair, who is dressed like no other in her world, she is left to question her Life’s Plan and her destiny.

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Preview of Upcoming New Series

Loving Summer

A hot YA edgy contemporary romance from Kailin Gow

Releases May 2012

Prologue

Rachel Donovan paused at the door to the room her brothers shared, steeling herself for the kind of chaos within. What was it about guys that they couldn’t live in any space that wasn’t knee deep in unwashed clothes? Okay, so maybe her own room wasn’t exactly perfect, but she was a sixteen-year-old girl. And she was meant to be the rebellious one. It was
allowed
.

            She pushed open the door to see Nat and Drew still stuffing clothes into their bags for the summer vacation. Nat was a year older than she and Drew were, with short, deep copper hair, an increasingly muscular build, and a good three or four inches in height on either of them. Drew was handsome, built like the athletic star quarterback he was, with jet black hair that would have matched Rachel’s except for the purple streaks she’d run through hers, deep green eyes that did match, and those same high cheekbones. Even though they were only fraternal twins, people always commented on the similarities. But the difference was he was tall, almost six feet, two inches, and muscular, while she was average and not muscular.

            The room was every bit as bad as she’d thought it would be. Worse, even, because now there were clothes strewn over the two beds while they tried to work out what to take with them, the rejects joining everything else on the floor. Rachel picked her way through it as she headed inside.

            “Aren’t you two ready to go to Summer’s Aunt Sookie’s place yet?”

            “What’s the rush?” Drew asked. Nat just shrugged.

            “What’s up with you two?” Rachel demanded. “It’s like you don’t
want
to spend the summer in a Malibu beach house or something. Is the idea of spending days on the beach that bad?”

            Drew shoved a few more clothes into the bag, stuffing them down into it hard. “It is when I have to miss football camp for this.”

            “Like you and the other jocks don’t spend all year running into one another anyway,” Rachel shot back.

            “This is a big deal for me,” Drew pointed out.

            Rachel snorted. “Like you aren’t a shoo-in for some dumb jock football scholarship anyway. A few weeks at Summer’s aunt’s place aren’t going to hurt. Come on, are
you
really telling me that you’d rather spend the time playing football than on the beach talking to all the girls there?”

            “I would if it means you’re going to be there in a bathing suit,” Drew replied. “There are some sights the world isn’t ready for.”

            Rachel looked around for something to throw at her twin, couldn’t find anything suitably heavy looking, and settled for ignoring Drew instead. She turned to Nat. “What about you? What’s got you sulking here?”

            “I’m not sulking,” Nat said. “I’d just rather be here.”

            “With Chrissy,” Drew added from behind Rachel. Nat shot him a dark look.

            “Why not?” he demanded. “I’ve only just hooked up with her, and now I’m supposed to just go off to Malibu?”

            Rachel rolled her eyes. “Like you seriously think she won’t be here for you when you get back? You two are so into each other it practically makes me want to throw up.”

            “Isn’t that your response to love generally?” Drew asked.

            “This from the guy who seems to be making his way around every girl in our class?”

            Her brother shrugged. “Can I help it if they all seem to want me?”

            That got another eye roll from Rachel. “Arrogant, much?”

            Nat stepped in, the way he always seemed to so that they wouldn’t end up fighting. It was no fun being a twin with a sensible older brother, sometimes. “Look, Chrissy and I are not in love, guys. Infatuated right now, yes. I mean we went out a few times but that’s about it.”

            “Did you actually want something, Rachel?” Drew asked. “Or are you just here to make sure that we never finish packing?”

            Rachel remembered and pulled out her phone, bringing up the photo that Summer had sent over.

            “Summer’s aunt is going to be busy at her acting school, so Summer is picking us up herself. She sent over a photo so that we wouldn’t miss her at the airport. I’m kind of glad she did. She might have been my best friend, but I haven’t seen her in, like, forever. I wouldn’t have recognized her.”

            Nat took the phone.

            “She’s changed a bit,” Rachel said, and as her brothers looked at the photo, she watched for the moment when their expressions said they’d finally realized just how much Summer had changed. The slightly awkward thirteen year old in glasses, with braces and puppy fat was gone in the picture she’d sent, to be replaced by a chestnut haired, blue eyed beauty with a willowy body, delicately tanned skin and a perfect smile.

            “Whoa,” Drew said.

            “It’s quite a change, isn’t it?” Rachel said with a smile of her own, just to let her brothers know that she’d seen their faces. “Honestly, I’m not even sure if I can be friends with someone
that
pretty. I mean, Summer’s better looking than the queen bee in our school, so she’s probably turned into a total bitch.”

            “Because all pretty girls are mean girls?” Nat laughed. “Looks like you’re going to have to get over the stereotype there, Rachel. Anyway, it isn’t even true. Chrissy’s beautiful, and she’s as sweet as anybody you could ever meet.”

            Rachel took her phone back from him. “Because you’re into her right now. We’re see about that in a month.” She’d barely gotten her phone back when Drew snatched it from her. “What are you doing?”

            “What?” Drew shot back. “I just want to make sure that I recognize her.”

            “So it has nothing to do with the part where you think she’s hot?” Nat asked.

            “What if it does?” Drew shrugged. “I’ve always… I’ve always thought she was kind of cool.”

            Rachel gave him a warning look. She knew what her twin brother could be like. “Don’t you dare go there,” she said. “Summer’s one of my best friends. You are not just going to play with her and sleep with her like all the other girls you date. She’s off limits, Drew. I mean it.”